Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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S 37° 49.085 E 144° 57.151
55H E 319783 N 5812393
Southern Cross railway station (until 2005 known as Spencer Street station) is a major railway station in Docklands, Melbourne. It is the second busiest station in Melbourne and the end of regional and interstate lines
Waymark Code: WM161E1
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/13/2022
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Opened as Spencer Street Station in 1859,[7] five years after the other major Melbourne rail terminus at Flinders Street, the station was a dead-end terminus, running parallel to Spencer Street,
[9] composed of a single main platform with a dock platform at the north end.
Southern Cross was redeveloped by the Civic Nexus consortium, following an innovative design by Grimshaw Architects and Jackson Architecture which features an undulating roof. Construction began in October 2002 and was completed in late 2006, with the majority of the transport facilities finished in time for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The central features of the design include a wave-shaped roof, a new entrance and concourse on Collins Street, a new coach interchange, a new food court, a bar/restaurant, separate retail outlets inside the station and a separate shopping complex between Bourke and La Trobe Streets.
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